New knife

[MeliusCreekTrapper]

JBulitz stopped over and dropped off the knife he made for me. I didn't really give him much direction, just a few pictures of knives I liked and told him to have fun. I am happy with the results. 5 inch blade, perfect size for hunting.

[Frozen Run]

Awesome knife, I like the subtlety in the blade shape that makes it look fast.

[Joey R]

I like it!

[jbigley]

Nice!! --JB

[wattlebuster]

I like it

[P.W.Berkuta]

Nicely done -- hum - looks like a knife I just looked at a few minutes ago .

[TDM]

It’s Beautiful! I like everything about it. A good working size too.

[DougS]

Very nice!

A lot to look at and like.

I keep looking at it and finding more to like.

Thanks for sharing.

Regards,

Doug

[hawkeye]

Very nice knife, like the handle

[Bull Shannon]

Very nice execution of "go have fun with it."

What kind of steel was used?

[JBulitz]

Very nice execution of "go have fun with it."

What kind of steel was used?

Bull Shannon, it's an exhausted mill-bastard file passed along by MeliusCreekTrapper; I try to leave a tiny bit of the file surface near the bolster so this is evident.  I actually never hammered this blade and the only tools that touched it were a hacksaw and a series of "un-exhausted" files.  Annealed, worked, re-hardened, and tempered 1hr at 400 degrees.

[Bull Shannon]

Very nice.

[RobertS]

That's beautifully done, and is the handle curly maple, or could it be ash? Looks just a bit different that what I'm used to seeing, but it is exceptional. 

[MeliusCreekTrapper]

That's beautifully done, and is the handle curly maple, or could it be ash? Looks just a bit different that what I'm used to seeing, but it is exceptional.

Handle is curly ash the maker cut himself.